Mattacritic Podcast

Matthew Hemenway

An upcoming blogger and YouTuber doing Book, movie, and TV Show reviews. www.mattacritic9803.com

  1. May 1

    Remembering and Analyzing James Earl Jones

    Introduction Hello everyone, welcome to the Mattacritic. This is Matthew Hemenway and welcome to this live video of Remembering James Earl Jones and his great acting career. If you are reading this on my blog, thank you for reading this post. I am sorry there has not been any latest content and this second video and blog post in 3 months, I needed some time, and I hope you enjoy this video or blog post. Before I start this episode, please subscribe to this channel, and hit the notification bell to be notified of any episodes at the bottom of this video or blog post if you are watching this video included in the blog post or reading this blog post. Subscribing to this channel or blog costs you nothing. Please share this video or blog post with anyone you know. It costs you nothing to share and it will save me money on advertising. It will tell the algorithm to push out this content to more people. In this episode of the Mattacritic, I will be doing an analysis of remembering James Earl Jones and explaining his illustrious career. His most famous role is playing the voice of Darth Vader. His voice is menacing as Darth Vader and there is no one that I can think of that cannot do it like he can. I will play clips of videos from the roles he played and tell you which ones I feel are his best roles. If there is no video, then I will use photos that I can find. This broadcast is being brought to you by Stream Yard. Please click on the referral link to help support it. If you are reading on my newsletter, it is https://streamyard.com/pal/c/4958879428116480. Thank you for watching this live video and here is a way to help support the channel and newsletter. Thank you. How to support the channel or the blog Please consider signing up for Patreon, YouTube memberships, or purchasing stickers at the bottom of this video. If people sign up for Patreon today at $10 or higher, you will get an exclusive sticker after 3 months, an exclusive mug after 6 months, an exclusive T-Shirt after 9 months, and an exclusive organic Tote Bag after 12 months and the shipping will be fulfilled by Patreon. This will not come from my webstore of mattacritic.shop. If you sign up for YouTube memberships, you will get cool digital emoji stickers that you can use when you comment on my videos. This will be a fantastic way for you to support the channel and my blog. If you do not want to do that you can purchase stickers at the bottom of this video or you can go to my website of www.mattacritic9803.com and go to shop and get cool merchandise to help support the channel. Thank you. Telling how I review and what rating I give you Before I continue this review, please remember I will give you an analysis of the text and whatever rating I give you is my opinion. This does not mean that you must agree with me. I never always agreed with any of the reviewers that I would have read or listened to. What I always admired is that they gave what they saw in the text he or she was reviewing, and that individual would have given his or her honest opinion. This is what I do. Whatever rating I give, you need to know it is my honest opinion. I will never lie to you. If you do not agree with me no matter what rating I give you, that is fine with me. This channel or blog is meant for reading, watching, and learning. I always hope that inspires you to think critically. You know that I go through texts carefully as you can tell that I have looked at them and give detailed analysis of what I see. I hope that helps you. Thank you for being followers of my channel or my blog. The rest of Remembering James Earl Jones and my analysis of his great Career James Earl Jones is amazing as he had to overcome so much. He had a stutter like President Joe Biden does. Both men had to overcome so much. Once James Earl Jones overcame that, he became one of the best actors ever. In my mind, his best role is Darth Vader. His voice is golden and if he could do the voice, he should do it. It is amazing, if you compare his voice to A New Hope and the Obi Wan Kenobi series, it sounds the same. I will want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the 2 clips that I found on YouTube as I do not want to risk a backlash. Here is the Scene for Star Wars: A New Hope where, Darth Vader will encounter the Millenium Falcon. If you are reading this on my blog, it is The other clip is from the Obi Kenobi series where Darth Vader is fighting 3rd sister. It is One of the other roles I enjoy, James Earl Jones is the Lion King. When he plays the voice of Mufasa, it is brilliant. Mufasa was the benevolent king of the Pride Land, and his brother Scar is jealous of him. Scar kills Mufasa because he wanted power. In both the remake and the original, there is no difference in this voice. You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch a couple of clips that I found on YouTube to prove my point. Here is the clip from the 1994 version, it is Here is a clip from the 2019 version, please watch below One of the other roles that deserves mentioning is James Earl Jones playing James Greer. He is great at this role. In both Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, he shows how strong he is in this role. Especially in Clear and Present Danger, he tells Jack Ryan to watch Ritter like a hawk. You need to watch the movie to see that as I do not have access to a video or a photo on that. The link to the movie is here to click. I read one of the Tom Clancy books back in 2021 and that is the same Ritter we see in this movie. You can go to this link and read or listen to Without Remorse. You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the clip of James Greer in the White House situation room with Jack Ryan; it is . You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the clip of Jack Ryan taking the oath to the people of the United States, it is This scene is important because this will show what is the most important oath. It is to the people of the United States. Everything that happens now makes sense. With Donald Trump out there, we need a President that will stand up for the people of this great county. Remember, the President works for the American people. Jack Ryan who works for the CIA remembers from what James Greer tells him, you work for the American people. One of the other roles that deserves mentioning is James Earl Jones playing Terrence Man who is a writer in the Field of Dreams. The scene at the baseball game where he claims he did not see what the character Ray Kinsella saw at the Botson Red Sox game. When Ray Kinsella is fixing to leave Boston, Terrence Man tells him that he saw it. You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the clip for you to watch. It is One of the other roles that deserves mentioning is James Earl Jones playing in Sneakers. He will play Crease, and he is great in this role. He told one of the people that we are the U.S. Government, world peace is not our goal. The character Robert Redford played before told him, “I want my life back.” You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the clip. It is One of the other roles that deserves mentioning is James Earl Jones playing in Coming to America. He is great in the original Coming to America and the sequel. He is great in these two movies. You want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch the couple of clips from both films for you to watch. From the first Coming to America, it is From the second Coming to America, it is The actors that worked with him like Mark Hamill and Kevin Costner love working with James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi and moved to Michigan later to grow up. Like I mentioned before, he had to overcome a stutter before landing on Broadway. He played roles in plays such as King Lear and Driving Miss Daisy. Jon Favreau who worked with James Earl Jones said that when James Earl Jones asked him a question about what to do in the remake of the Lion King, he told him, do what you do. This is something that I read when I looked at it in USA Today. If I worked with James Earl Jones, I would have loved to work with him. It sounds like who was a good guy to have a good relationship with. The link to the USA Today article is https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-dead-star-wars-lion-king/75149628007/. I will read the article on the USA Today website. If a person thought another person could do Darth Vader justice with the voice, I do not see anyone right now that could do the voice like James Earl James. I will give you an example of any actor who has been the voice of a popular character for a long time. My answer is Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. I will play James Earl Jones voice playing Darth Vader and Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime to make my point. I will pull from a New Hope as Darth Vader and have you watch a clip James Earl Jones voice as Darth Vader from the Obi Wan Kenobi series. For Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, you will want to go to my blog or my Patreon page to watch two clips, one from the original 1986 Transformers movie based on the 1984 Transformers series, and the other from the recent film that came out last year which is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts that came out in 2023. I hope you enjoy watching those clips. I know I covered and talked about these clips before, but here they are and will be on my blog and my Patreon Page. Here is the Scene for Star Wars: A New Hope where, Darth Vader will encounter the Millenium Falcon. If you are reading this on my blog, it is The other clip is from the Obi Kenobi series where Darth Vader is fighting 3rd sister. It is Here is the clip with Peter Cullen playing Optimus Prime in the 1986 Transformers film based on the 1984 Transformers Cartoon, it is Here is the other clip with Peter Cullen playing Optimus Prime in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, it is Do not forget to check out the blog and help support it Please go

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  2. Apr 24

    The Apprentice Move Trailer Review and Reaction

    Hello everyone, welcome to the Mattacritic and thank you for watching this video. This is Matthew Hemenway. If you are reading this on my blog, thank you for reading this post. I am sorry there has not been any new content, I needed some time, and I hope you enjoy this video or blog post. Before I start this episode, please subscribe to this channel, and hit the notification bell to be notified of any episodes at the bottom of this video or blog post if you are watching this video included in the blog post or reading this blog post. Subscribing to this channel or blog costs you nothing. Please share this video or blog post with anyone you know. It costs you nothing to share and it will save me money on advertising. It will tell the algorithm to push out this content to more people. In this episode of the Mattacritic and welcome to this live video presentation, I will be reviewing and reacting to the Apprentice Movie trailer that dropped on September 9, 2024. This is very critical they are doing this movie. When you have a person running for President of the United States of America promising to be a dictator, this is dangerous and unqualifying. I will play the trailer for you to watch. I will give you my analysis of the trailer after we watch it together. It is for you to watch if you are reading this on my newsletter. Thank you. How to support the channel and the Newsletter Please consider signing up for Patreon, YouTube memberships, or purchasing stickers at the bottom of this video or blog post. If people sign up for Patreon today at $10 or higher, you will get an exclusive sticker after 3 months, an exclusive mug after 6 months, an exclusive T-Shirt after 9 months, and an exclusive organic Tote Bag after 12 months and the shipping will be fulfilled by Patreon. If you sign up for YouTube memberships, you will get cool digital emoji stickers that you can use when you comment on my videos. This will be a fantastic way for you to support the channel and my blog. If you do not want to do that you can purchase stickers at the bottom of this video or you can go to my website of Matthew Hemenway | Substack and go to shop and get cool merchandise to help support the channel. Thank you. Telling how I review and what rating I give you Before I continue this review, please remember I will give you an analysis of the text and whatever rating I give you is my opinion. This does not mean that you must agree with me. I never always agreed with any of the reviewers that I would have read or listened to. What I always admired is that they gave what they saw in the text he or she was reviewing, and that individual would have given his or her honest opinion. This is what I do. Whatever rating I give, you need to know it is my honest opinion. I will never lie to you. If you do not agree with me no matter what rating I give you, that is fine with me. This channel or blog is meant for reading, watching, and learning. I always hope that inspires you to think critically. You know that I go through texts carefully as you can tell that I have looked at them and give detailed analysis of what I see. I hope that helps you. Thank you for being followers of my channel or my blog. My Review and Reaction and Analysis of the Apprentice Trailer What we see when watching this trailer of the Apprentice, Donald Trump is going to an apartment in New York City telling a person he is there on the behalf of Roy Cohn. This movie takes place in the 1970’s people are dressing in the movie and that is what the cars and buildings look like. The person says, “Donald Who?” That is good. Donald Trump is being played in the movie by Sebastin Stan. Why does Sebastin Stan sound familiar? He should because he played the Winter Solider in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here is a photo of Sebastin Stan playing the Winter Solider. If you are reading this on my blog, it is https://wegeekgirls.com/2014/03/13/16-minutes-of-behind-the-scenes-footage-from-captain-america-the-winter-soldier/ His real name is James Buchanan Barnes. The Winter Solider was manipulated by Hydra. Hydra means when you cut off one head two more heads grow back. Hydra had a manipulation of Hydra agents in the United States Government. Does that sound familiar? It should, the Russians infiltrated the United States Government by influencing elections and making sure Donald Trump got elected. The smart scientist was in a computer in Captain America: The Winter Solider influencing our society in that film. It is happening now, and it is sad. Sebastin Stan looks like the younger version of Donald Trump. I will bring up an image of Donald Trump when he looks younger. This image is perfect as it compares Sebastin Stan playing Donald Trump, if you are reading this on my blog, it is https://images.app.goo.gl/ryjGbsKcJoB4X6Uv6. In the trailer, they make fun of Donald Trump’s ass. Roy Kohn says he has a big ass. If you see Donald Trump’s ass, he does have a big ass even today. His diet of fast food and he has done drugs is why this has happened to him. In the trailer, Roy Cohn tells him there are rules. Before Roy Cohn tells him the rules, Donald Trump tells him, “You are ruthless”. The first rule is to attack, attack, attack. The second rule, admit nothing, deny everything. The third rule is to say; no matter what happens, you claim victory, and never admit defeat. Roy Cohn tells Donald Trump; you must do anything to anyone to win. His first wife Ivanna tells Donald Trump in the trailer, “Your face looks like an orange”. At the end of the trailer, a reporter asks Donald Trump, what if you lost your fortune. I don’t know, maybe I will run for President. Earlier in the trailer, he saw the campaign slogan for Ronald Reagan where it said, Make America Great Again. He is a grifter. As it showed earlier in the trailer how he was inflating how big his buildings were. You see that now, how claims how big his crowds are and the day of 9/11/2001, he was bragging he has the biggest building after the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed after terrorists crashed two Seven Forty-Seven in the two buildings of the World Trade Center. That was a lie as it suddenly was the Empire State Building at the time. This guy is a horrible person, and this trailer showed it very well. Do not forget to check out the blog and help support it Please go to Matthew Hemenway | Substack and check out my blog. There will be a bunch of blog posts that you can check out on my website. My website has links to other websites such as Patreon. As was mentioned before, you can become a Patron. You want to go to this referral link for Stream Yard, it is https://streamyard.com/pal/c/4958879428116480. Thank you. Go to videos that I recommend on my channel and do your part to help it Please check out my trailer reaction to Deadpool and Wolverine. If you are reading this on my newsletter, it is Thank you for following this newsletter and my channel. It means a lot to me. If you have any questions and you are watching this video live and reading the article, please leave them in the live section of this video or if you are not, please leave them in the comment section below. I will do my best to answer them. Thank you. I will do a live video of remembering James Earl Jones and doing an analysis of his great acting career. As you all heard, he died on Monday, September 9, 2024. It was a great loss and in my mind; he will go down as one of the great actors of our time. I hope to have it on Monday September 16, 2024. You want to be on the lookout. I will post the read of his great career on my Patreon Page. You will need to sign up for Patreon to read it if you do not want to wait for the video. Thank you. Please like this video if you find it helpful. Please subscribe to my channel. Please hit the notification bell to be notified of any videos at the bottom of this video. Please let me know what you would like me to cover down the road in the comment section below. Please share this video with anyone you know so my channel can grow. Remember, do not forget to read, watch, and learn. Thank you. Before I finish this video and blog post, I would normally not do this. I will tell you who I am endorsing for President of the United States, I will be endorsing and voting for Kamala Harris. If you are reading this on my blog, the image of Kamala Harris is https://images.app.goo.gl/BGGpgpqgqEhkcjon6 Donald Trump is a horrible person who deserves never to be in the Oval Office ever again. I will not bring up any more images of Donald Trump as you can find his images on Google. I feel that you do not want to get sick and do not want to feel like you are going to puke. This is not about liberal or conservative or right or left. This must deal with right and wrong. As Taylor Swift said the night on the debate on September 10, 2024. If you are reading this on my blog, the image of Taylor Swift is https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-melbourne-eras-show-folklore-lonely to look at this photo. I looked at the data between the two and made my choice. I have done the same thing. Both Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney are voting for Kamala Harris. The image for Liz Cheney is https://images.app.goo.gl/wXrdB1bFQbHPtqtw8 and for Dick Cheney is https://images.app.goo.gl/sLNx1yn51fpXQemT6 if you are reading this on my blog. When Taylor Swift, Liz Cheney, and Dick Cheney are voting for Kamala Harris. You know this is bigger than any party affiliation you may have. Vote for Democracy, decency, and just have a person who is a good person to be in the Oval Office. I will be making my recommendations and endorsements in other races of this election in the year of 2024. The next one will be in a video post for the Governor of NC. Thank you. Thank you for reading this newsletter or watching the YouTube video included in this article. Please consider supporting this independent source of reviews by making a PayPal donation or going to Sho

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  3. Apr 10

    Disney Channel Original Movie Right on Track Movie Review and Analysis

    Please go to the google slide link to view this review at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XXJcA9qpeFJLX3JX1FG7rpXhffEMdzyGxhfPlfcICYM/edit?usp=sharing. Thank you. If you want to stay here and read the article, please read the text below. Thank you. Hello everyone, welcome to the Mattacritic. This is Matthew Hemenway. Before I begin this episode, please subscribe to this channel and hit that notification bell to be notified of any episodes at the bottom of this video or blog post. In this episode of the Mattacritic, I will be reviewing the Disney Channel Original Movie Right on Track which came out in 2003 that is currently on Disney+. Why am I reviewing this movie? There are several reasons why to review this movie. This movie deals with the story of Erica and Courtney Enders that went into drag racing. Drag racing is where a car races down a track, and that individual must get his or her car across the finish line. It is not like NASCAR racing where they go in a circle. That individual goes down a straight line and must get his or her car across the finish line. The league that Drag racing goes into is called NHRA which stands for the National Hot Rod Association. When Erica Enders first races was when she was 8 years old, she races in the Junior division of the National Hot Rod Association. Her father was Greg Enders, and he was a great drag racer. There is a scene in the beginning of the movie where Erica Enders is 4 years old, and she was in her dad’s car, and he had to get her out of the car for him to get ready to race. She gets challenged by a couple of boys that tease her about being on the training wheels of her bicycle. She tells them that she can beat them. She races them and she does beat them. I will explain more as the episode continues. I will give you my rating at the end of this episode. I hope this episode will inspire you to read, watch, and learn. How to support the channel and the Newsletter Please consider signing up for Patreon, YouTube memberships, or purchasing stickers at the bottom of this video. If 10 or more people sign up for Patreon or YouTube memberships at $10 or higher, I will give those people a shirt. This will be a fantastic way for you to support the channel. If you do not want to do that you can purchase stickers at the bottom of this video or you can go to my website of ww.mattacritic9803.com and go to shop and get cool merchandise to help support the channel. Thank you. Telling how I review and what rating I give you Before I continue this review, please remember I will give you an analysis of the text and whatever rating I give you is my opinion. This does not mean that you must agree with me. I never always agreed with any of the reviewers that I would have read or listened to. What I always admired is that they gave what they saw in the text he or she was reviewing, and that individual would have given his or her honest opinion. This is what I do. Whatever rating I give, you need to know it is my honest opinion. I will never lie to you. If you do not agree with me no matter what rating I give you, that is fine with me. This channel or blog is meant for reading, watching, and learning. I always hope that inspires you to think critically. You know that I go through texts carefully as you can tell that I have looked at them and give detailed analysis of what I see. I hope that helps you. Thank you for being followers of my channel or my blog. Rest of Review and Rating of Right on Track As was mentioned before, the movie Right on Track deals with the story of Erica and Courtney Enders. Erica Enders was born a racer. She has skills that cannot be taught. As her father Greg Enders tells Erica’s mother and his wife, only the best drivers have that. In her first race when she was 8 years old, she won that race and yes, she ended up beating the boys. She was the only girl at the time when she raced the boys in Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas is where this story takes place. The idea of a female drag racer was unheard of at the time when Erica Enders raced at the time. Courtney Enders will follow in her sister Erica Enders footsteps. Erica Enders inspired her sister Courtney Enders to get into drag racing. The movie will jump 7 years later when Erica Enders is 15 years old and going to be 16 years old shortly. How I know this is that she will test for her license later in the movie and most states have people get their driver licenses when they are at least 16 years old. Her dad Greg Enders tells her and her sister Courtney Enders that you can race out of state if you have straight A on your report card. If you have Bs you are racing in Texas only. Any Cs, you can forget racing. They both agree to his terms and promise that they will get straight A in their classes. Erica Enders will race against Jordy Knowlton and his father Rusty Knowlton will tease Erica Enders’ father Greg Enders; your little girl will not cry if she loses. Erica Enders races against Jordy Knowlton and loses to him. Erica Enders is frustrated by this as she hates to lose. Greg Enders tells Erica Enders that you need to go and shake his hand. Erica Enders tells her father that he is a jerk. Her father reminds her that it does not matter if he is a jerk or not; win or lose at the end of the day, you need to be the best person you can be. Erica Enders will end up shaking Jordy Knowlton’s hand. Rusty Knowlton tells her, this is not for little girls, why don’t you do us and the sport a favor and get out now. This attitude is still here as there are males still that think that females should not do things that they perceive are only done by males. That attitude is wrong, and it is unfortunate that it is still here today. Her father Greg Enders agrees with Erica that, you are right, they are jerks. There are those that think they ought to gloat if they win and have that arrogance that they should win all the time. It is happening now with how MAGA claims if they do not win all the time, it is rigged against them. They will gloat when they do win. They are sore losers and the good thing about sports is if you take about competition teaches and learn how to win and lose with grace; it will make you a better person. If you do not do that, you become a bad person. Erica Enders will be in her room later and she is testing her mental speed with a device that does that. She is not pleased with it. Her mom Janet Lee Enders comes in and asks her, are you going to be this every time you lose. Erica Enders tells her mother that she hates to lose. Her mom tells her, you cannot win all the time. Her mother is pointing out a fact that is very true. Everyone loses now and then, no one wins all the time. Erica Enders tells her mother that when she first stepped into her father’s car, it just felt right when she raced. She felt at home when she was behind the wheel of a car. For example, if a person likes to write, that person will feel he or she at their best and feel like that who he or she is at that moment. It is who that person is and no one else should try to change that person. Courtney Enders comes in later tickling Erica Enders with a feather. Erica Enders gave her the device and Courtney Enders got a better score. Courtney Enders handed her the device and Erica Enders was frustrated that she did better with it than she did with it. Erica Enders will come to the garage with Courtney Enders in Erica’s car. Courtney Enders tells her we should race each other. Erica Enders tells Courtney Enders, if I did that, it would not make sense. She tells her sister Courtney if I raced you and beat you, all I did was beat a little kid. If by some miracle, you beat me, all I did was get beat by a little kid. It would be a no-win situation. As Courtney Enders tells her, you crack me up, you take it so seriously. Erica Enders tells her, how am I supposed to take it? As Courtney Enders tells her, it is just a race. Courtney Enders may be the younger sister, but she is right. It is just a race. Erica Enders must allow herself to relax and not to take it so seriously. Erica Enders must allow herself to have fun. Yes, life will have stakes, but the stakes cannot overwhelm you, so that you do not have fun. If you allow yourself to enjoy the process and do your best, you will be more successful than if you do not do that. Erica Enders is played by Beverly Mitchell who played Lucy Camden in the TV series 7th Heaven. She played the third child of the Camden family. She was the 3rd oldest in the Camden family. Mat and Mary Camden were the older two. Erica Enders is the oldest one. There are only two of them in this family. How she plays Erica Enders is how she plays Lucy. She is fiery and will not tolerate people picking at her. Later in the movie, Erica Enders is getting picked on by a couple of popular girls saying that racing is not a real sport. She plays volleyball as well as does drag racing. She tells them, you do not think that it is a real sport. Have you ever been in a car that is going fast? It feels like you can hardly breathe. You can hardly hold the steering wheel. You had better develop your arm muscles, so I am sorry I must disagree with you. It takes quite a bit of athletic ability to do what I do. I will play the clip with the two girls picking on Erica Enders. You will watch the YouTube video included in this blog to watch that clip. Thank you. Courtney Enders is played by Brie Larson in this movie. Yes, it is the same Brie Larson that will end up playing Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is one of the first roles she had as an actress. This is a theme for Brie Larson, she plays females that are tough and do not fall into the traditional female role. Brie Larson was in Hoot where she plays a tough female character who is trying to save owls that lived under the ground. She gets a role to play Elizabeth Zott in Lessons in Chemistry and yes, Elizabeht Zott does not fall into tradition

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